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There’s Always Another Party // There’s Always More Stuff (opens the original)
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Translating Everything Into Something Else (opens the original)
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She Could Have Been A Famous Artist (opens the original)
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She could have been a famous artist is true. But that’s beside the point. It’s also the title of a small painting by Susan Baker, which hangs tucked in a corner in her house museum. It also sums up a vibe: of bluntness, dry humor, sarcasm, and honesty that her work emanates in the best possible ways. I’m still wrapping my brain around how impacted I feel after meeting her and falling in love with her work. Art that I didn’t know I needed to see or even know existed. It has been a minute since I’
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